Systematic information storage will be in a form instantly available for response to remote inquiries. The refinements of solid state electronics will permit devices of considerable complication to be packaged in amazingly small volumes having low power requirements and exhibiting great resistance to mechanical damage. Communications, both personal and group communications will be highly refined without the encumbrance of any wires to or between terminal devices."[3]

In 2008, Schlafly was inducted into the Cable Hall of Fame. His speech at the induction ceremony marked the first time that Schlafly used the teleprompter, which he had invented approximately fifty years before.[1][2] Schlafly was also honored with two Emmy Awards for his contributions to cable television technology.[1]

Schlafly died at a hospital in Stamford, Connecticut, on April 20, 2011, at the age of 91.[1] His wife, Leona Martin Schlafly, predeceased him in 2003 after fifty-nine years of marriage.[2]